Company News: North America

News on transmission equipment and service providers from North America

• NYPA to test use of AI in upgrading transmission cable

  July 21, 2021
  The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is launching a demonstration project with a Sweden-based technology company—Eneryield of Gothenburg, to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a long-term upgrade strategy for the Y-49 Long Island Sound Cable.

• Siemens and Malta partner to develop scalable energy storage technology

  July 8, 2021
  Recently, the German equipment manufacturer—Siemens Energy, and Malta—a long duration energy storage system producer, have teamed up to build new thermal turbomachinery for energy storage.

• SOO Green selects Prysmian Group for supplying cable for HVDC project, US

  June 25, 2021
  Recently, SOO Green—a limited liability company owned by a consortium of investment funds (led by Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Siemens Energy and New Jersey utility service provider—JIngoli Power), announced that it has selected the Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian Group to provide the cable system for the SOO Green high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Link.

• Wartsila selected by RWE for 80 MWh BESS project

  April 7, 2021
  Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä has bagged a contract to supply a 40 MW/80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia, USA, from RWE Renewables.

• Fugro secures contract for cable route survey for offshore wind in Maine

  February 19, 2021
  The Netherlands-based offshore and onshore geotechnical and survey services company Fugro, has secured a contract from the New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV)—a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind (subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation) and RWE Renewables—to conduct a cable route survey for the New England Aqua Ventus I floating wind project off the coast of Maine.

• EoS secures contract for California energy storage project [free access]

  January 7, 2021
  New Jersey-based EoS Energy Storage LLC—an energy equipment and solution provider—secured a USD20 million contract from EnerSmart, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects to provide at least 90 MWh, and as much as 180 MWh, of energy storage over the next 24 months.

• Ventolines bags consultancy contract for Massachusetts offshore wind project

  December 17, 2020
  The Netherlands-headquartered Ventolines has got on board as the offshore wind expertise partner for the Mayflower Wind Project in Massachusetts, USA.

• Eos to provide battery solutions for energy storage projects in US

  November 10, 2020
  New Jersey-based Eos Energy Storage LLC—an energy equipment and solution provider—signed an agreement with Hecate Energy—a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy (RE) projects and storage solutions in North America, to supply battery solutions to over 1 GWh of energy storage projects, for an estimated value of about USD250 million.

• MYR Group awarded construction contract for Marcy to New Scotland project

  September 16, 2020
  MYR Group Inc. (MYR)—an electrical construction service company operating in the US and Western Canada—has announced the upcoming execution of a contract with LS Power Grid New York Corporation, an affiliate of LS Power, to provide procurement and construction services for the Marcy to New Scotland Upgrade Project, New York.

• NPPD awards contract for 115 kV line refurbishment

  September 15, 2020
  The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has contracted the South Dakota-based Forbes Brothers Timberline Construction Inc., for the refurbishment of a 115 kV transmission line in southwest Nebraska, due to its aging infrastructure.

• EoS announces agreement with International Electric Power for 1 GWh project

  September 10, 2020
  New Jersey-based EoS Energy Storage—an energy equipment and solution provider—announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to supply 1 GWh of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) to International Electric Power, LLC (IEP),an independent power producer in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for grid-connected projects with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

• Mitsubishi, Powin secure 200 MW BESS projects in Texas [free access]

  August 21, 2020
  Key Capture Energy (KCE)—a large-scale energy storage independent power producer (IPP)—has selected Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MHPS) and Powin Energy Corporation (Powin) to build three utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 200 MW in Texas.

• Linxon bags contract for onshore substation in Massachusetts

  August 18, 2020
  Linxon, a joint venture (JV) between Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation ABB and Canadian engineering services company SNC-Lavalin, has bagged a contract for the construction of an onshore substation for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, USA.

• ATCO, Quanta win concession to operate and modernise Puerto Rico's transmission grid

  June 23, 2020
  Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO Group company, and Quanta Services, Inc. as a consortium, have won a contract to modernise and operate Puerto Rico's electric transmission and distribution system.

• Siemens gets HV equipment contract for US Mayflower offshore wind project

  June 9, 2020
  The German energy-engineering firm Siemens has bagged a contract from the Denmark-based Semco Maritime, to provide the main equipment for the electrical service platform (ESP) for the Mayflower offshore wind farm to be located in the south of Nantucket, Massachusetts in the US.

• Great River Energy and Form Energy sign contract for energy storage project

  May 26, 2020
  Massachusetts-based Form Energy, a company developing energy storage for the grid, signed a contract with Minnesota-based utility, Great River Energy, to jointly deploy a 1 MW/150 MWh pilot project to be located in Cambridge, Minnesota.

• NECEC awards contracts worth USD7 million to four Maine-based companies

  April 17, 2020
  New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) LLC has recently signed contracts worth USD7 million with four Maine companies, Eastern Forest Products in Casco, Maine Mats in Bingham, Dimensional Timber in Palermo, and Sunset Development Inc. in Milford, for various works related to the NECEC project.

• NECEC LLC awards USD300 million contract to Cianbro

  April 8, 2020
  New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) LLC has awarded more than USD300 million in contracts to Maine’s largest general contractor Cianbro, in a joint venture (JV) with Irby Construction, Sargent Electric and Northern Clearing, Inc. (NCI), to build and upgrade transmission systems and securing land clearing permissions for the NECEC project.

• Trans Mountain and Valard Construction to construct 138 kV line in Canada with LNIBDC

  March 10, 2020
  British Columbia-based Trans Mountain Corporation and Valard Construction LP (Valard) have entered into a partnership with Lower Nicola Indian Band Development Corporation (LNIBDC) to build, own, operate and maintain the new 138 kV Kingsvale electricity transmission line that will run through the LNIBDC’s traditional territory.

• Transource Energy awards line contract to Harlan Electric for IEC project

  January 13, 2020
  Transource Energy, owned by American Electric Power (AEP) and Evergy Inc., has selected Harlan Electric as the line contractor for the Independence Energy Connection (IEC) project, despite the fact that the project has yet to be approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC).